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1 Corinthians 5:1 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 5 · verse 1
It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.1 Corinthians 5:1 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 5:1 in context
1It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.
2And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
3For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,
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Key words (Strong's)
- fornicationporneiaillicit sexual intercourse, adultery, fornication, homosexuality, lesbianism, intercourse…G4202 →
- reportedakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
- commonlyholōswholly, altogetherG3654 →
- Gentilesethnosa multitude associated or living together, a company, troop, swarm, a multitude of…G1484 →
- father'spatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- amongenin, by, with etcG1722 →
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Here the apostle states the case; and, I. Lets them know what was the common or general report concerning them, that one of their community was guilty of fornication, Co1 5:1. It was told in all places, to their dishonour, and the reproach of Christians. And it was the more reproachful because it could not be denied.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6